Author's note: Thanks a lot to Maknatuna, BloodyRosie, nonsolumsedetiam and Mello18 for last chapter's reviews! :-)
Thanks to Mello18 for pointing out that there was a formatting error... somehow half the chapter was suddenly in italic... I hope it's fixed now.
Edit: Now beta-read by the wonderful Ghastly Eternity!
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Sam, Gabriel and Jesse were hiding under a bush close to the nest where Dean and Castiel still were. As long as they kept quiet, nobody should be able to spot them. The taller duck had his wing spread over Jesse and was hushing the kitten and shot his partner warning glances just to be on the safe side.
It was then that the owner of the farm came out of the house and quickly approached the nest of the two ducks. She picked up her phone and put it in her pocket before she turned her attention to Dean and Castiel.
"Did you talk to me on the phone?" she asked with a grin, "Quack, quack quack, quack!"
Castiel cocked his head and thought about telling her that she had been talking to another duck, but they weren't mean to give away that they had visitors, so he kept silent.
As soon as the woman talked to them in their own language Dean jumped to his feet, however.
"What did you just say about my mother?" the black drake quacked enraged and did his best to stare the woman down.
"Dean, you need to go easy on her," Castiel said, trying to pacify his mate, "It's only her second language!"
Dean snorted and spread his wings, walking closer to the human warningly. He'd give her a chance to either apologize or get lost, but her toes would have to pay if she didn't take her insult back or walk away soon!
The human didn't feel all too threatened, but she realized that she was disturbing her duckies, and so she left to go back into the house while she went on quacking and chuckling.
"Oh yeah?" Dean yelled after her, "You breed with the mouth of a goat!"
"What does that even mean?" Sam asked confusedly.
"It is probably funnier in human," Castiel replied seriously.
In the meantime, Jesse had spotted a few more animals and made his way over to the hens who were chattering among themselves and did not notice the kitten and the honey-colored duck that came their way. Gabriel had decided to walk after Jesse just to make sure that he was not caught and domesticated by any humans that might be around. The honey-colored duck would go all Rambo on their asses, if they dared to try and take Jesse from them!
"Oh, look at that!" Ruby exclaimed, indicating the kitten with her beak.
"Do you think Crowley has ever been that little?" Meg asked curiously as she looked at the kitten.
"He looks sweet enough to eat!" Lilith stated, "We should keep him!"
Jesse cocked his head and looked over to his daddy. The hens seemed friendly to the kitten, but they were talking about strange things he wasn't sure he liked.
"No chance," Gabriel told the hens making sure that they understood that he was serious about this, "No chicks will take my son away from me!"
It was then that they heard someone chuckling. Jesse turned around to look at the newcomer and got face to face with Balthazar the rooster. The kitten yelped frightened and jumped behind his father, immediately.
"Sorry, buddy, we've had a run-in with your predecessor at his new home," the honey-colored duck explained to the rooster and then cuddled Jesse reassuringly.
"Why don't you go play over there?" Gabriel asked his still slightly scared son and pointed at a few bushes by a wall, "If you see any humans you come straight back here, though!"
Jesse nodded and went straight for the bushes. He wanted to get away from the rooster, even if his daddy seemed to think that this one was okay. Maybe he'd give the animal a chance later on. When he came back and his daddy was still uninjured, to be exact.
The bushes were mostly boring, but then the kitten saw something that immediately grabbed his attention and made him waggle his behind in preparation before he jumped on the offending object.
"What in the name of…?" Crowley hissed and turned around to slap the offender quickly only to see a kitten in front of him, "That's my tail, little bugger."
Jesse stared at the big cat with wide eyes, his mouth opened slightly.
"Means, get off!" Crowley clarified and then pulled his tail away himself, "Damn kids these days."
A dog could be heard laughing close by, but Jesse was still busy staring at the bigger cat. He did not look like Zachariah or his mean sons all too much and this far he seemed nicer than they were, too.
"Did you come from the forest?" the kitten asked curiously after he had gotten over the first shock of encountering another cat.
"No, from a box," Crowley deadpanned, which was completely lost on the young cat, "So, are you going to stick around here, Shorty?"
Jesse shook his little head immediately, "No, we are just visiting uncle Dean!"
The older cat looked at him in consideration for a moment, but there really was only one Dean he knew of and the kitten clearly was serious about the uncle part.
"My, oh my," Crowley chuckled before he started to laugh louder, "Did you hear that, Bobby?"
Apparently, the dog had heard all too well, because he was laughing, as well.
Jesse did not really understand what was so funny, but he decided that those two still were nice and so he laughed along after a moment and after that Crowley even allowed him to play with his tail a little, as long as he promised not to lose a word about it.
